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Germination characteristics and phytotoxic inhibition of germination in Artemisia adamsii, a low-palatability weed in the Mongolian steppe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2019

Toshihiko Kinugasa Open the ORCID record for Toshihiko Kinugasa [Opens in a new window] ,
Kyoko Ishibashi ,
Mami Miyawaki  and
Batdelger Gantsetseg
Toshihiko Kinugasa*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
Kyoko Ishibashi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
Mami Miyawaki
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
Batdelger Gantsetseg
Affiliation:
Information and Research Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, Ulaanbaatar 15160, Mongolia
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Author for correspondence: Toshihiko Kinugasa, Email: kinugasa@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Artemisia adamsii is a weed with low palatability to livestock and is thus recognized as an indicator of rangeland degradation in Mongolia. We investigated the germination characteristics of this species, phytotoxic suppression of its germination by its own residue, and the applicability of such germination behaviour to the control of this species. We also discussed the ecological consequence of these factors regarding the vegetation dynamics of the Mongolian steppe. Germination of A. adamsii was tested at different light and temperature conditions. Germination was also tested for A. adamsii and four native grassland species in the presence or absence of A. adamsii residue. Germination of A. adamsii was light-demanding and temperature-dependent. Artemisia adamsii residue showed autotoxic but sub-fatal suppression of germination, and the chemicals causing that suppression were shown to be aqueous and volatile. Phytotoxicity of A. adamsii residue on the germination of grassland species was low, except for in Artemisia frigida. The applicability of the observed sub-fatal autotoxicity for controlling this species was likely to be low, but the elucidated germination characteristics could contribute to developing a strategy for controlling this species. The autotoxicity in A. adamsii germination was suggested to have an ecological consequence that mediates species transition from A. adamsii to other species in degraded land occupied by A. adamsii. As low-palatability A. adamsii can act as a nurse plant of palatable species under grazing conditions, the invasion of A. adamsii into disturbed grasslands may facilitate the recovery of such grasslands in terms of improving pasture quality.

Keywords

allelopathyarid regionArtemisia adamsiiautotoxicitygermination
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Research Paper
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Seed Science Research , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 2019 , pp. 197 - 203
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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